Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-04-21
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Oh puDllc spiIlL anu enterprise
Such men should be made to take a
back seat on all OCCASIONS, and il
they want to croak chuck 'em out
doors at every meeting in which
they want to spout, make them
feel that they and their opinions are
not wanted, and they viii soon be
glad to either desist CIR close their
ugly mouths and only ominously
shake their heads when any public
enterprise is spoken of.
Last Saturday evening a large
audience assembled at Masonic OPP
era Hall to witness the Good Tenn
piers entertainment. The program
opened with a chant by the choir.
which was beautifully rendered
then followed songs, recitations,
&C., rendered in that pleasing way
that Is rarely exeelled. Some OF
the pieces presented had features OF
superior excellence-Miss Warmers
recitation, a song by DI. Peabody,
and several others whose names we
did not catch. The "Peeked Sis
tiers was a decided hit, and brought
down the house more thar once
with thunders of applause. Rev
Hambly gave a recitation in his in
imitable style, that chained the at
tention of the audience. The en-
tire entertainment was decidedly
good, and has set a number of our
citizens to wondering if it would
not be 9 good idea for this society
to regale us more frequently.
--Shrewd land seekers who are
looking for a desirable place to To-
eata will steer clear of the real estate
booms now being carried on in nor
thern Minnesota and Wisconsin, and
also several of the border states Of
south, a boom is dangerous to the in
weston often creating panic. Wher-
ever there is a "boom" prices are
invariably high and no man can
afford to pay Gloom prices'for prop
erty that he intends to keep. For
genuine bargains in real estate no
other section of country offers in
ducements equal to those given i'll
this county. Our lands are unsur-
passed in point of fertility, health,
and genuine worth and are offered
at prices way below their actual value
The man who buys land in this
section the present season runs no
risk ON his investment and is sure
to get a big reward. We venture the
assertion that more land will be
sold here the coming season than
ever before in the history of the
country, and those who are think
ing of coming here will find it to
their advantage to come early and
select some of the choicest bargains.
SPRING.-Now drwns once more
the era of vernal beauty, of golden
butter, new laid eggs cackling hens,
Indian squaws raidiag the swill bar
rel, and the ash heaps, and
Creeping where no light can be,
A healthy thing is ths charming flea.
Again bursts into Bloom the milk
weed and the melodious hand-organ.
Immature veal inyades the sanguin-
airy market, and chamleon tree
toads warble their yesper hymns
from the imperial resin weed. The
cowslip blossoms in the vale, and
cats wall their wild songs Of lmpen-
ding conflict from the whltewashed
battlements of the henc1op. The
robin pipes his roundelay in the
sleepers a at dawn, sweet as the
solemn song ascending from the
choral threat of the unanointed cart
wheel. Turtles shout to each other
across intervening marshes, bragg
ging of posthumous tarrapin soup;
the swallow lightly skins the lam
bent AIR, and the unawed %angleworm
gazes up pathetically and grows pa
theticker and patheticker, as he
rolls from the verge of the avenging
plowshare. The spring bonnet half
the winter-killed purse of the
husband, and hope springs
perennial in every human breast
1t is spring.
Our readers will remember that
late last fall we gave notice of the
of a son of Mr.. Stage in
Minnewashta Lake. A vigorous
search was made for the body, the
whole neighborhooi assisting, but
all to no purpose, the icy letters of
winter settled down upon the lake
locking the waters in its remorse-
less clasp-and the boy still slept
its cold embrace. Oh, who
may know the bitter agony of that
mother, through the long, dreary
months of winter, when the Shrek
ing winds hurled the snow in blind
ing eddies across the icy bosom Of
the waters that held her precious
boy; the ''hope deferred that max
eth the heart sick" and the very soul
shudder with its burden of grief
came, and she wandered
the shore, eagerly scanning
,he turbulent waters, searching for
,he lost one. On Sunday last she
discovered the body floating upon
bosom of the waters-1oubt
gave place to certainty, the long yig-
| is over, and the heart, though
bruised and wounded, is at rest
IN Monday they laid him to rest
N the hilltop in the beautiful GEN.
near this city, where soon the
will bloom, and the lark car
ol its sweetest song in the sky-at
est, where summer fragrance fills
he air.
Rooms TO rent-inquire at the
nrniture store. 32-tf. !